Happy New Years!
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 6:43 am
Happy New Year's everyone! It's 2015! We are now in the future!
So... while I'm not much of a fan of Christmas, I actually love New Year's. I like the idea of milestones to mark the passage of time, since, well, as humans we kind of need place-markers to get our bearings sometimes. On a similar note, I actually enjoy making resolutions and trying to stick with them to give myself something to work towards. With that, what are everyone's resolutions? What resolutions from 2014 did you accomplish (or not)? Work, school, hobbies, personal, entertainment, whatever you feel like mentioning.
I'm going to give a few of mine to start...
Resolutions from 2014:
(1) Eliminate my gaming backlog -- mostly accomplished! I knocked out at least 10 major (i.e., >20hrs) games from my backlog, including Mass Effect, Grandia, Okami, and more.
(2) Continue Japanese studies and pass N1 -- maybe accomplished? I finished what I intended to cover and took the N1, but I don't have a good feeling about whether I passed.
(3) Post regularly on message boards -- fifty-fifty success! I'm posting again on LunarNET regularly (aside from that hiatus near the end...) but I didn't get back to posting regularly on other message boards I used to be a regular in
(4) Revise non-game sections of LunarNET -- failed! I haven't been able to update the site since the last game-related section (Silver Star Harmony) was finished.
(5) Pick back up a brush and calligraphy -- failed! My brush still sits neglected... though after playing Okami I'm feeling more of an urge to pick it up again.
...so, we'll say 3/5, so not bad! I always figure resolutions should be things just beyond what you think your reach is, so you can use them to push yourself a little.
Resolutions for 2015:
(1) Eliminate the rest of my gaming backlog, not counting anything new I pick up this year. (This is only about 10 games.)
(2) Find new venue to improve speaking/writing abilities in Japanese. (Reading/listening are less of an issue right now. I may have to seek help from the Japanese Embassy and see if they have any programs.)
(3) Post regularly on message boards. (Let's try this one again...)
(4) Revise non-game sections of LunarNET. (Same...)
(5) Tackle the unanswered emails in my inbox... all of them. (Lessee... 800 messages, so if I average clearing 16 a week then this becomes doable. And many of these are ones that don't even need a response.)
Along the way, I may make some more specific ones if I see opportunity (perhaps I will pick back up a brush, or maybe one of those emails will lead to another side-project... we'll have to see). KF
So... while I'm not much of a fan of Christmas, I actually love New Year's. I like the idea of milestones to mark the passage of time, since, well, as humans we kind of need place-markers to get our bearings sometimes. On a similar note, I actually enjoy making resolutions and trying to stick with them to give myself something to work towards. With that, what are everyone's resolutions? What resolutions from 2014 did you accomplish (or not)? Work, school, hobbies, personal, entertainment, whatever you feel like mentioning.
I'm going to give a few of mine to start...
Resolutions from 2014:
(1) Eliminate my gaming backlog -- mostly accomplished! I knocked out at least 10 major (i.e., >20hrs) games from my backlog, including Mass Effect, Grandia, Okami, and more.
(2) Continue Japanese studies and pass N1 -- maybe accomplished? I finished what I intended to cover and took the N1, but I don't have a good feeling about whether I passed.
(3) Post regularly on message boards -- fifty-fifty success! I'm posting again on LunarNET regularly (aside from that hiatus near the end...) but I didn't get back to posting regularly on other message boards I used to be a regular in
(4) Revise non-game sections of LunarNET -- failed! I haven't been able to update the site since the last game-related section (Silver Star Harmony) was finished.
(5) Pick back up a brush and calligraphy -- failed! My brush still sits neglected... though after playing Okami I'm feeling more of an urge to pick it up again.
...so, we'll say 3/5, so not bad! I always figure resolutions should be things just beyond what you think your reach is, so you can use them to push yourself a little.
Resolutions for 2015:
(1) Eliminate the rest of my gaming backlog, not counting anything new I pick up this year. (This is only about 10 games.)
(2) Find new venue to improve speaking/writing abilities in Japanese. (Reading/listening are less of an issue right now. I may have to seek help from the Japanese Embassy and see if they have any programs.)
(3) Post regularly on message boards. (Let's try this one again...)
(4) Revise non-game sections of LunarNET. (Same...)
(5) Tackle the unanswered emails in my inbox... all of them. (Lessee... 800 messages, so if I average clearing 16 a week then this becomes doable. And many of these are ones that don't even need a response.)
Along the way, I may make some more specific ones if I see opportunity (perhaps I will pick back up a brush, or maybe one of those emails will lead to another side-project... we'll have to see). KF